On November 14, 2024, banking and finance experts from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Poland sat down for a virtual round table moderated by CEE Legal Matters Managing Editor Radu Cotarcea to discuss digitalization and the impact of tech on the banking sector in CEE.

White & Case has announced a new Local Partner hire in Prague as well as four new Local Partners in Prague and Warsaw as part of its latest promotion round.

Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal has advised Damen Galati Shipyard on EUR 25 million in financing from Exim Banca Romaneasca.

Wolf Theiss has advised Raiffeisen Bank International on the issuance of EUR 650 million fixed to reset rate additional tier 1 notes and on its tender offer for the repurchase of EUR 650 million fixed to reset rate additional tier 1 notes issued in 2017. Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer reportedly advised the banks.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Polski Fundusz Rozwoju on a PLN 82.5 million in long-term financing to fund and refinance the construction of photovoltaic plants sponsored by Projekt Solartechnik. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Projekt Solartechnik.

Dentons has advised Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen, Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, and Berlin Hyp on the EUR 180 million loan extended to Immofinanz to replace the previous financing of the Myhive Warsaw Spire project.